December 2012 - the Christmas buns are coming out of the oven

[PurplePidjChickIsNotTheMessiah]

New fred...

Hey ladies, not finding it easy to type on iphone while bfing half the night but your posts help me feel like I'm not the only one awake and attached to a miniature being in the ungodly hours. My Z is now 2 weeks old and co-sleeping has meant more sleep for me than otherwise but will be trying to encourage him into his Moses basket soonish.

This Ewan character sounds like a woolly dish. Shall be checking him out.

Right, am going to try to get some more sleep while Z is semi-asleep on the boob. Wish me luck...

Ewan is amazing! Unless Felix is screaming his head off, Ewan will settle him to sleep beautifully.

Hmm I am liking the sound of this Ewan fellow! J will currently only drop off on mine or DPs chests which is really lovely right now but may get old awfully quick! Especially as it seems to take ages on my mornings and 2 mins on DPs. Clearly my boobs are not comfy.

Yule it's the smell of your milk that stops J from falling asleep

Argh I'm really annoyed. Dd has an appointment at Southampton gh on Wednesday so dp booked the while day off as it's at least two hours in rush hour traffic and I just got a letter to say they've had to reschedule it! And it's on a day she has nursery. I've got hospital appointments coming out my ears between me, dd and ds

Spotty can you give them a call and move it to a non-nursery day?

I've had a delightful morning so far. Anthony managed to projectile vomit curdled milk over me, my pyjamas and the bed sheets, all of which had only been washed yesterday. Then while I changed & dressed him he managed to wee all over me. All before 7am.

So much for a rare washing-free day today!

Honey can you ask your hv for a list of milestones and which should be adjusted? Or phone the consultant's secretary and ask if they could send you one? It would make their lives easier because any concerns you raised could be based more on that.

I know it can get complicated eg with weaning at actual age, but DC not being expected to sit unaided because that is an adjusted milestone.

that's rubbish spotty is there any way you can reschedule to a day that suits you better?

Ewan isn't cheap but having used him 2 nights he seems to settle D when he goes in his basket. may well be speaking too soon but im kicking myself for not introducing him sooner!

tmi alert - i went back on the pill a few weeks ago and am having my 7 day break now and i've never had a period like it. it's like post-birth bleeding prob overeacting but got an appointment this afternoon with the nurse practitioner. all a bit scary.

Yes I will phone them. We were going to make a day of it and go shopping now dp us going to work plus I have an appointment at the RSH in Southampton in two weeks too which I think I'll have to postpone as it's just too far for me to go on my own with two dc! Will shops be open tomorrow?

Honey first periods can be bad apparently worth getting it checked though. I'm hoping ill be one of the lucky ones that doesn't get them again until I stop breastfeeding

agghhhh, sitting at the table feeding D and he just knocked the back of his head on the table. didn't cry and didnt put him of his sucking. so he should be fine, right?

Argh honey, hadn't thought about contraception yet. (the stitches/exhaustion are an amazingly effective contraception of their own at the moment!)

Was thinking mini pill is safer for bf than the normal one, is there an ounce of truth in this?

O seems to have a set pattern of waking for back to back feeds with rest breaks when he just will not settle in the hammock from about 1.30-5, which fries me a bit but Dh is very good at taking him for a cuddle to give me a nap, so we struggle on.

My boobs hurt so much today i can't sleep in any position save on My back with hands at sides.. O is finally asleep and I can't cuddle up to Dh because of my ruddy breasts!!

yeah, mini pill is better for bf but i did not get on with it. the main issue is the combined can effect milk supply but as mine was all over the place anyway i thought id give it a shot!
don't freak out - remember i'm a lot further post-birth than the rest of you!

Utopian if they're really painful then band express some milk, will help

Honey, he will be fine

thought he would be spotty but there's still part of me scared i'm going to break himk!

Urghhh what a night, 5 cluster feeds hourly from midnight to 6am and now I'm looking after both DS(2) and newborn. Not to forget she was latched to my boob from 4pm till midnight.

This soon will pass".......and chant...

Coffee for Afro!

Oh Afro, I thought I'd have a night like that but escaped it. You must be exhausted! Keep on chanting that refrain...

My child is an adorable, lovable cherub by day and somethig quite scary by night.

Right, coming to join you. William arrived on Saturday weighing 10lb 12, after 3 hour labour.

Cup of tea afro

Welcome annelid and William.

mama mine is angelic when other people can see him and a monster (captain Grizzles) when he's just with me

annelid congratulations!

Well we had midwife for discharge today but instead have been referred back to the hospital for jaundice. I didn't think he was that bad. Feeling the awful motherly guilt that I must be sound something wrong :(

Felix is the same Honey, no one believes us!

I wouldn't worry Stacey it's really common and they don't always look 'yellow' sometimes they can look rosy or tanned so you might not have noticed

She was worried as he's 23 days now :( should have gone really. Appointment is for the 3rd, DH will have gone back to work and I'm now trying to find someone to have the big dcs. All fun and games!

Welcome William and annelid!

honey thanks for pill info, won't be rushing things i think..
spotty I've been given a Medela electric pump by my aunt whose dcs are now beyond bf; i think they're an okay model from what I've read - is that easier than hand? No instructions though..

Try not to worry stacey. Dash's jaundice didn't go completely till about 6 weeks. I know things were different with him bring preemie. If it was really bad it would be different but it sounds like its quite mild, just stubborn. or hv could be wrong about it. Our hv wasn't the brightest button in the box

Congratulations Annelid and welcome William .

Much better night last night - no screaming, although did end up co-sleeping as he seems to have taken against the moses basket again. Not too worried though, one step at a time and at least we managed to get some sleep.

Very tempted to check Ewan out though. We had a baby ssh for DS1, which was a frog that played a rather trippy version of twinkle-twinkle. I don't know how it worked but it always managed to settle him even mid-scream. It was v useful in the car etc but not so great for night-time due to the tune so think Ewan might be better for that.

Pidg - I've always been told it's impossible to overfeed an ebf baby. Think there was definitely more fixation on routines in the past leading to supply issues (DB and I were bf until 6 weeks too as DM felt she wasn't producing enough). Sounds like you're doing absoultely fine - might be a plan to see if you could stay with your friend for a few days.